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I personally would carry a gun and hope never to use it, but how do you get
through countries like Mexico where (I have heard) they will lock you up
for having one?
At 07:54 PM 12/9/01 -0500, Richard Goodwin wrote:
>Well, this is new news. Interesting. It just instensifies the debate
>about whether you should carry firearms aboard boats. Or in your home.
>
>I guess the questions is: should you roll over and take it or not?
>Whether it is a robbery, or a rape? Or ?
>
>Personally, if I have to go out, I'd rather do it fighting. But that's
>my opinion, I could be wrong...
>
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>Subject: lv-ab: Pirates acted in Self Defense!
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>Pirates that shot and killed Sir Peter Blake (world famous New
>Zealand Yachtsman) on his boat say they acted in "self defense"
>according to a report in this weekend's Globe and Mail (Toronto
>edition).
>Apparently seven masked gunmen boarded and robbed Sir Blake's boat -
>anchored in the Amazon river delta - under cover of darkness and did
>not expect resistance from the crew. Sir Blake, however, tried to
>defend his boat and crew by shooting at the pirates with his rifle.
>He shot one of the boarders in the hand. That's when the criminals
>felt so threatened that they returned fire - in "self defense" -
>wounding two crewmen and killing Sir Blake. Brazilian police have the
>pirates in custody and looking for one more accomplice.
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